Posted on 03/03/2006 4:50:38 PM PST by jmc1969
The Multi-National Force (MNF) on Friday announced it is investigating reports on Abu Mosab Al-Zarqawi's arrest nearby Fallujah.
An MNF officer did not confirm or deny the arrest, noting that the US forces are still investigating the reports.
Meanwhile, an MNF major said the force, based upon intelligence reports, executed Monday a number of arrest operations 45 kilometers northeast of Fallujah to capture key Al-Qaeda officials, Al-Zarqawi's assistants, and others involved in providing logistic support for foreign fighters and suicide attackers in Fallujah and Ramadi.
The major added that 61 people were arrested in the operation, which was announced before, among them were major Al-Qaeda leaders in Iraq, while quantities of weapons and ammunitions were seized and destroyed in the operation.
Meanwhile, sources in the Iraqi Army said that Al-Zarqawi could be among those arrested in the operation on Monday.
(Excerpt) Read more at kuna.net.kw ...
I doubt he would be willing to be captured. I assume he would kill himself first.
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There probably just as or more reliable than our own Main Stream Media.
Especially the New York Times.
Is Arafat really dead yet?/s
I wait on official statements..I've been through too many rollercoaster rides.
Show me the body.
Isn't he one-legged? If so, isolating him out of the crowd of 61 [or at least narrowing the search] should be rather easy.
I really don't like the knee jerk reaction that many have to anything from the Middle East. There are many in the Middle East that I would be proud to fight beside and fight for. And, there are many news sources I would take any day over the AP or CNN.
Those were my thoughts too! :0)
Piranha? What piranha?
So very true -
First fruits of changing networks apparently!
Well, you folks have a point. There aren't very many reliable news sources anywhere.
Actually, KUNA isn't making a very bold claim - just that the American forces are checking to see if Zarqawi was captured. That could be true any day of the week. But putting the article out there might tend to get people's hopes up. It's kind of like teasing a dog by holding a ball just out of reach.
Here's hoping the dog gets the ball this time.
ROFL. Nice pirahna. Just be sure to take little bites from the hot dog.
OOH,OOH,OOH... Can I hold the cattle prod.. please oh please, PLEASE??????
Well it should have been easy since he's been killed 5 or 6 times already...They were probably tired of carrying him around...
LOL. Perfect.
Naw, it's the deluded followers that kill themselves. "Leaders" like Al-Zarqawi are cowards who make deals.
One great thing about these reports is that they will make Zarqawi issue another public statement.
He has to say *something* in public, doesn't matter what, so that his distributed terror cells know that he's still at large rather than captured.
And everytime he makes a public statement, there is some level of trail (back to him) that could get him caught.
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